Premature celebration
You see, this is why I never celebrate anything. Ever. You celebrate, and the universe punishes you. It’s a rule! You get a tattoo of a radio station? You get fired the next day. Of course you do! That’s how it works! It’s hubris! The gods of irony are watching, and they have a sense of humor, and it’s cruel.
These premature celebration examples are perfect. The truck that says “safely and securely” crashed in a ditch? It’s poetry. It’s beautiful. It validates my entire worldview that optimism is a mistake. The criminal bragging about not getting caught? He’s asking for it! He’s taunting fate! You keep your head down, you don’t brag, and maybe, just maybe, you get through the day without humiliating yourself. That’s the goal.
There is a special kind of schadenfreude in watching someone declare victory right before face-planting. We have collected the funniest, most ironic, and cringe-worthy examples of people who counted their chickens before they hatched.
The “Never Obsolete” computer sticker is the funniest thing I have ever seen. Everything is obsolete eventually! Especially beige towers from the 90s. And the wedding date tattoo? A disaster. Just write it on a post-it note! Why do we need to inject ink into our skin to remember a date that hasn’t happened yet?
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Michael Hartley, or just "Mike," is an editor and seasoned meme historian whose articles have traced the evolution of meme humor from early Impact-font classics to today’s TikTok sensations. With nearly a decade spent as senior editor at ViralHype and as a regular contributor to Cheezburger, Mike has dissected the rise of meme legends such as Bad Luck Brian, Success Kid, and Doge. When he's not hunting down meme gold for Thunder Dungeon, Mike teaches workshops on meme marketing and the psychology behind shareable content.
